<p class="MsoNormal">Folks,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a title="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/amen-aims-to-find-the-best-of-everything-with-a-smart-interface/" href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/amen-aims-to-find-the-best-of-everything-with-a-smart-interface/">http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/amen-aims-to-find-the-best-of-everything-with-a-smart-interface/</a>
is a description of a startup that makes an app called “Amen”. In short, the
app enables a person to post an opinion, such as “Peets is the best coffee in
Portland”, and then enables everyone to either agree or disagree with it, via an
“Amen” button and a “Hell No” button with the ability to replace the term
“Peets” with something you think is better (“Longbottom is the best coffee in
Portland”).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pretty silly on the surface, but the article points out that
a lot of companies are having fits trying to data mine Twitter feeds, because
they’re unstructured. Amen provides structured data: {X, Y, Z} is the best A.
It’s easily mineable to find what people think of your company’s
brands.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I never thought of the idea of an app for making
data-mineable comments. It feels like something to watch</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Norma Saiph Savage<br><br><br><br>